Total Crime Rate
1161.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Black Swan Walk area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leominster East , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Black Swan Walk (HR6 8HU) in the last 12 months was 1161.1 per 1,000 residents and was 614.5% higher than the Leominster East average (162.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -41.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 554.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Black Swan Walk (HR6 8HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leominster East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainbow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainbow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B4361 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gateway Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldermans Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lugg Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B4361 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Aldermans Meadow | Under investigation |
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